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www.westendermagazine.com | 25<br />
You are a supporter of libraries and a<br />
frequent visitor to the libraries in the West<br />
End, why?<br />
Most of my writing is done at home but<br />
sometimes I’ll venture out for a change of<br />
scene, often to the Mitchell Library and<br />
sometimes Hillhead Library. I love libraries<br />
and as well as finding them to be good<br />
places to write, I also make a point of taking<br />
books out on loan so that I’m supporting<br />
libraries. They’re special places and should<br />
be cherished.<br />
You have a background as a sports<br />
journalist and also taught English abroad,<br />
but you have always been drawn to settle<br />
around the West End of Glasgow, why?<br />
I grew up in the fishing village of Hopeman<br />
on the Moray coast, went to the University<br />
of Aberdeen where I gained an English<br />
Literature degree, then moved to Glasgow.<br />
My first flat was in Kelvinbridge. I now live in<br />
Bearsden with my family but I’m often in the<br />
West End. I enjoy cycling into the West End,<br />
along the towpath of the Forth & Clyde Canal<br />
to the locks at Maryhill, then following the<br />
River Kelvin down to Kelvinbridge. My wife<br />
and I enjoy taking the kids to Kelvingrove<br />
Park. The West End has nice coffee shops,<br />
pubs, curry houses and I also enjoy going to<br />
gigs at venues like SWG3 in Finnieston.<br />
How would you sum up this book and why<br />
should Westenders get hold of a copy?<br />
Walk This Way is a tale of courage,<br />
endurance, cataclysmic quagmires, ludicrous<br />
ledges, feral goats and a baffling number of<br />
Belgians. The book is intended to inspire and<br />
raise some smiles along the way. Westenders<br />
are only a few miles from the start point of my<br />
journey in Milngavie. I’d encourage people<br />
to experience the West Highland Way. And if<br />
you get to Fort William and aren’t completely<br />
shattered, keep going!<br />
Gary Sutherland appears at Glasgow’s<br />
Aye Write Festival on Sunday 31st March.<br />
For tickets visit ayewrite.com.<br />
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